Foldable pasteboard receptacle.



c. H. GOODYEAR. FOLDABLE PASTBBOARD REGEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION IILED MAY 16I 1912.

1,054,530. Patented Fb. 25,1913;

WITNESSES INVENTOR @w/ 4 I flaaafye To all whom itma e concern: Be it known that'I, CHARLES H. Goon f Linn and State of Iowa,

7 following is a specification,

UNITED STATES PATENT oFr o crimes is. eoonxnha, or cnnaza alarms, Iowa.

-' I FOLDABLE. PASTEBOARD RECEPTAGLE.

.. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25,19 3.

Application filed May 16,1912. Serial in. 697,693.

YEAR, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of have invented -cer-' tain new and useful Improvements in Fold-, able Pasteboard Receptacles, of which the This invention relates to improvements in foldable paste-board receptacles.

' An object 'of. the invention is the provision of a single piece paste-board blank so scored as to be capable of. folding to form both a receptacle body and a suitable cover there-v for.

A still further object is to provide a re ceptacle so formed which may be readily folded into compact flattened form by merely an opening of the cover and a .re-

sists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating numerals correspond to. similar parts throughout the several views: Figure 1 is a plan view of the reeeptaclebody and cover blank in its unfolded disassembled positions. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the assembled box showing the cover thereof opened. Fig. 3 is a perspective View illustrating the box and cover partially collapsed. Fig. 4: is a plan view of the assembled box and cover as folded for shipment, and, Fig. 5 is a transverse central sectional view of. the closed boxas secured" in that position.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the blank 10 is provided with the receptacle body-portion 11 and closure 'lid 12., all formed in a single sheet of cardboard. The

folding of the side walls 13 and 14 as well as the end walls 15 and 16 upwardly upon rom the scorings upon the blank as Wellas their positions assumed in Fig. 2. For the purpose of assembling the box, said side and end walls are bent upon the scorings 18 and 19 to assume a plane at right angles with respect to the bottom 17. In thatposition, the alternately-arranged similar end flaps 20 are adhesively secured to the inner face of the adjacent wall.

The cover member is formed from the the rectangular bottom 17 will'be apparent blank 12 by. folding at relatively right angles thereto the marginal edges 21 thereof and when so folded may be adhesively secured at the by convenient hold-fast devices such as the staples 22 herein shown.

. The form of the box as shown in Fig. 2 provides the cover adapted for closing over the receptacle body with its ed closing the top portion thereof. and cover being so formed provides a permanent structure and the further material elements of the invention consist in a proge flap in-.

The box overlapping corners or retained vision whereby'the same may be then readily folded into compact form and then readily unfolded.

Each of the side walls of the receptacle is suitably scored as at 23 a .point substantially centrally of its free edge and running to alternating corners of the receptacle bottom 11. For the purpose of retaining the walls in an upright position, a front flap 24.- is placed upon the front wall 15 of the receptacle which is adapted to be folded inwardly as shown in- Fig. 2. It is evident that upon an unfolding of said locking flap 24 to the position shown in Fig. 3, that each of the box walls may be folded upon the scoring 23 which will allow each wall to fold inwardly upon the bottom 11, I thus positioning themselves flatly thereupon as shown in Fig. 4. As further shown in this latter figure, the scoring 23 upon the rear wall of the receptacle is continued at 25' in the same direction entirely across the cover 12and its marginal flap 21, thus allowing the cover to fold rearwardly and to one side. It is noted that in its closed position, the cover lies superposed with respect to a portion of both the rear wall and the adjacent side wall 13. 'In the closed position also, the marginal fiaps 21 of the-cover are folded inwardly as indicated.

will be at once. evident and it will'be seen and that then the contents may be placed in the receptacle and the lid or cover placed down over the same. Securing tapes or strings 26 may also be employed provided through perforations in the bottom and side walls of the receptacle and the ends thereof adapted to. be tied together as shown in Fig. 5 for securing the cover in its closed position.

While the forms of the invention herein shown and described are what are believed to be preferable embodiments thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changesmay be made in the form, propor-' tion and details of construction without desimilarly and alternately positioned across each of said walls from one base corner to the center of the. top edge thereof, the walls adapted for folding thereupon, the scoring of said end Well being contlnued in a straight line across said cover and the latter adapted for folding upon said lscoring only when positionedin the samepla-ne as said end wall.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. CHARLES H. GOODYEAR.

Witnesses: ,F, C. WELGH,

E. J. BU NANEK, Jr. 

